Tobati
[aka Jotafa, Yotafa, Yautefa]Classification: Austronesian
·severely endangered
Classification: Austronesian
·severely endangered
Jotafa, Yotafa, Yautefa, Humboldt Jotafa, Jayapura, Enggros, Tobwadic |
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Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, North New Guinea |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
Indonesian
It has been under very great pressure from Indonesian, due to its closeness to the capital.
No literacy in it.
Spoken in Jayapura Bay, close to Jayapura, the capital of Irian Jaya, especially southeast of it.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Speaker number data: (M. Donohue 1998)
Papuan Malay
Jayapura Bay, near Jayapura, Tobati, Enggros, Entrop, Kota Raja, Tanah Hitam villages.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press